Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-19

which are so hard to fold or hang without
crushing. The many uses to which this
| space can be put will at once suggest
! themselves to the careful housewife.
HOW TO CLEAN OILCLoTH.
! OilClOth ought never to be scrubbed
with brush, but sitter being swept may
be cleaned by washing with Il soft flannel
and lukewarm water or cold tea, On nc
account use soap or water that is not; as
either would have bad effect on the
paint. When the OilCloth is dry, rub it
| well with e small portion of mixture Of
beesWaX, softened with minute quantity
Of turpenJine, using for this purpose a
soft furniture polishing brush. TIE fol-
lowing ia also used TO make oilCloths
look well: WASH them once month with
skim milk and water, equal quantities Of
eGCh rub them once IN three months
with boiled linseed oil; put on very lit
tie, rub it well in with 3 reg and polish
with g piece % old silk.
FANCY PERCUSSION.
Cut two pieces Of heavy pasteboard enc
inch smaller than metallic haiTbIush.
Cover each piece on one side with plush,
velvet OF satin. Cut two or three thick
uesses OF heavy cloth and baste On one
side before covering with the velvet or
satin; then overland both together nest
ly. Take one paper OF pins and stick in
the thiC&est side. Tie bow of ribbon
around the handle, and It is a perfect i'm
itation OF metallic hsirDrush. Lay it on
the bureau or msntel.
TEAPOT HOLDERS.
Use two steel or fine bone needles,
suitable for knitting Germantown yarn.
Cast on nine stitches of first color, then
nine Of second, and SO on until you have
four spaces Of first color aad three Of
second.
First row, knit nine stitches of first |
then nine of second, then nine Of first, |
and SO on. Be careful to always keep !
the loose threads on the same side, and |
draw them pretty tight in taking them |
from one rib to another.
The other rows sre the same until you
have the desired length then bind off and
draw the ribs together st the ends and
Iasten with little ribbon bow.
Two laps OF single zephyr are sufficient
for pair; if knit of one color two balls
must be used.
RECIPES.
Meat balls.-Take cold roast beef aud
chop fine, season with salt, pepper and
'sge, put in one egg, make into little
pals and fry in butter or drippings.
Breakfast cake. One egg, one cup
milk. two cups -four, one and one-haif
melted butter, one-haif
soda, one teaspoonful cream
artar, one tablespoonful sugar.
Fried egg plant-Siice crosswise half
IN inch thick; lay in iced salt aud water
or half an hour with q plate on top to
Keep the slices under the water; wipe dry,
oil well in sailed -four and fry in hot
ard or dripping, Drain well from the
crease before dishing.
Snow bails-Two cups sugar, one and a
lslf cups butter, one cup sweet milk,
hree cups -four, three teaspOonfuls
Dsking powder, whites of Eve eggs. Bake
n deep square pans. The following day
ut in two-incl squares. Cut off tAsI..
rust and lesve it white. Take eaokSE-
,iece on s fork and frost il upon all sides z
nd then roll in grated cocoanut.
Baked 0nions-Boil 10 sailed wsSsr
ne-nali hour. Lift out III 9 tir1iI-sp1GEl
arefully and lay them closely togetheE4s
q 2 baking pan; salt and pepper, also a
ali teaspoontul of butter should be put
n each onion; bake IN hot oven haHEan
our when they should be B5ta teader
nd Drowned; take out withddt crushing
nd serve hot. n
Good Bread Pudding-Soak the soft
art of BAKERS loaf Ia pint of warm
lilk; add tablespoonful Of soft butter, Y,
tablespoonful Of thick cream, the rind II